Iran to co-host 2020 Senior U23 Wrestling World Championships

BINTANGNEWS.com –
Iran is going to host the freestyle competitions of Senior U23 Wrestling World
Championships in 2020, after United World

Wrestling (UWW) accepted the Islamic
Republic’s proposal for the event.

The decision was recently made after
the Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation (IRIWF) proposed
collaborative holding of the tournament during the annual UWW Congress in the Hungarian
capital city of Budapest in 2016, and later during a session in Paris the
following year.

The proposal was approved by the board
of directors of the international governing body for the sport of amateur
wrestling.

During the Paris session, Iran’s
representative pointed to the decline in the number of countries willing
hosting the international wrestling competitions due to financial and executive
difficulties. The UWW officials then agreed to let two countries co-host the
games.

Iran will now host the freestyle
contests of the Senior U23 Wrestling World Championships in 2020, while Finland
would hold the Greco-Roman and women’s wrestling bouts. The dates for the
events are yet to be announced.

The Islamic Republic of Iran had been
unable to host the Senior U23 Wrestling World Championships since 2002, after
the UWW stated that the championships must be held concurrently in the three
categories of freestyle, Greco-Roman and women’s wrestling.***